hey guys i have 2 12 inch jl w6v2's 400 watts rms each, 4 ohm dual voice coil. i also have a memphis 16st1000d amp,but im not sure if this will have enough power for my subs...if not, im gonna go with the 1000/1 amp from jl...even though its pricey...but since my subs are 4 ohm dvc, i can wire them to 1 ohm in parallel and my memphis amp is 1 ohm stable andputs out 1100 watts i believe @ 1 ohm...let me know what you guys think...also it will be in a ported enclosure.
yeah, that should be fine.. try it, and if they seem underpowered, then get a new amp, but they should do well in the correct ported enclosure.. Memphis makes decent amps.
ok one more thing....my amp puts out 1100 watts at 1 ohm (stable at 1 ohm) and 600 watts at 2 ohms...obviously, i want to wire my subs to 1 ohm. ok so i have 2 4ohm dual voice coil subs so if i wire them both in parallel i should be at one ohm correct? ok but my amp has 2 inputs (2 pos, 2 neg) for me to hook up my subs...i have both my subs in their own ported box...now if they are both hooked up to the amp,one to each input, would i just be running each sub at 2 ohms? how could i wire them to 1 ohm?
Yes just wire both subs in parallel then those wires to one pos and one neg. This will give you a final 1 ohm load.
The two sets of inputs is just one set. There is no left or right channel if you look closely. They are connected to each other inside the amp. Some amps just have two POS and two NEG for ease of wiring two subs to the amp.
just for curiousities sake, what would happen if i wired one in parallel and one in series? would i end with a 4 ohm load ? again im not gonna try it im just curious...
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